Nebraska man gets eight years in escape and assault of guard

A Nebraska man convicted of escaping from custody while en route from the Boulder County Jail to Nebraska to face a charge there was sentenced to eight years in prison on Wednesday.

Taj Mosley, 19, was sentenced in Weld District Court for escape from felony custody. He was originally charged with assault during escape, attempted first-degree assault on a guard and escape. The other charges were dropped.

According to police, a private guard was transporting Mosley from the Boulder County Jail to Nebraska when he was freed himself from his handcuffs and assaulted the guard.

Police reported he escaped briefly in Frederick while the guard stopped as a gas station at Interstate 25 and Colorado Highway 52 to refuel.

The district attorney's office reported that Mosley slipped out of his handcuffs and leg irons, removed the cage barrier to the front seat of the van and locked the doors before the guard could get back into the van.

As Mosley drove away, prosecutors reported, he struck the guard with the van.

Mosley drove for about a half mile before he abandoned the van at a dead end.

He then tried to escape by running through a cornfield, but was pursued and stopped by bystanders and police near Weld County Road 12.

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